Defects in lamellar diblock copolymers: Chevron- and Ω-shaped tilt boundaries

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 2848-2858

  Tsori, Yoav ^a   Andelman, David ^a   Schick, M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIBLOCK COPOLYMER SYSTEMS; FOURTH-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FULL NUMERICAL SOLUTION; GINZBURG-LANDAU EXPANSION; GRADUAL TRANSITION; LAMELLAR DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 0000660704     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.2848     Document Type: Article

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